A collection of paintings from a Papua New Guinea Red Cross, International Committee of the Red Cross and University of Papua New Guinea facilitated art project are currently being exhibited at the …
On 15 and 16 November 2018, 27 students from the Faculty of Education at University of Malaya (UM) participated in a workshop on humanitarian principles and law. As future teachers, they wanted to …
31-12-2018 Juba (ICRC) - The ICRC has managed to facilitate the release and transport by air to Juba of 22 persons, who had been caught up in ongoing nearby fighting, from a remote location in the …
Zo’orb Family in their house in Naher Al Bared area of Khan Younis. Poverty and unemployment push people to seek opportunities outside Gaza. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Abdel Rahman Zagout Young men idling …
23-12-2018 Kuwait City (ICRC) - From 9 to 13 December, around 430 military personnel (personnel, officers and non-commissioned officers) from the north-western military base of Tabuk in addition to a …
20-12-2018 Cairo -Tripoli (ICRC) – In coordination with the authorities in Libya, Egypt and Malta, and through the support of Libyan and Egyptian Red Crescent Societies and the Malta Red Cross, the …
The ICRC has acknowledged the importance of understanding the Islamic laws of war since the 1950s, and has actively engaged with Islamic institutions and scholars since the 1990s. Today, …
40,000 people in Mukjar locality, Central Darfur State, comprising of residents, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) and nomads gained access to clean water following the repair of a total of 31 …
This report was prepared by the Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) of the ICRC for submission to Member States of the Organization of American States …
The risks posed by digital technologies in conflict zones were laid bare at an event in London last week. While digital technologies have brought many benefits to the humanitarian sector, more …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
